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Auriga is often gets overshadowed by other winter constellations such as the mighty hunter Orion or the Zodiac star-patterns of Taurus and Gemini, Nigel Henbest writes. But it is worth paying attentio ...

This shimmering view of interstellar gas and dust was captured by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope. The nebula is part of a so-called dark cloud, named LDN 1641. It sits at about ...

An incredible view of a stellar nursery was captured by Euclid when its infrared camera peered through the LDN 1641 dark cloud in Orion ...

A shimmering new view of interstellar gas and dust captured by the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope. The nebula ...

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FARGO — The most prominent configuration of stars in the evening sky this time of year is the magnificent constellation, Orion. Known casually as "The Hunter," it can be seen in the southern sky any ...